Things Brits say when they’re absolutely livid: “What do you think you’re doing?” “What’s going on in here?” “With all due respect” “I beg your pardon” “Can I help you?” “Now look” “I’ll write a letter” “I’ve had just about enough of this” “Is there anybody else I can speak to?”

Came across this essay today by John Sutherland: ‘How do the Cratchits cook Scrooge’s turkey?’ Do check it out if you haven’t already. Goes behind the biggest mystery of the book. How did they cook that turkey in time!? 😂🍗 Team English nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

The local librarian runs a reading club after school for KS1. As I walk past I hear the following snippet: Librarian: 'So, who can remember what the first rule of reading club is?' Child: 'Don't smell other people's feet,' L: 'That is one of our rules, but not the first one...'

You know a Brit’s really upset when they beg your pardon, then suggest something may have escaped your attention, before apologising for being close to losing their patience. Upon reaching boiling point there’s a chance they’ll issue the killer blow of offering you their regards.

First ever recorded snowball fight (1897)

A reminder that the South Yorkshire Police Operations Complex in Sheffield is genuinely on Letsby Avenue.

We today announced signing an MoU with the UK government to accelerate trials for personalized #mRNA #immunotherapies. Our objective: providing personalized cancer therapies for up to 10k patients by end 2030 in clinical trials or as authorized treatments. investors.biontech.de/news-releases/…

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The great British public information film: accidents, injuries, and death, death, DEATH!

This is how you REALLY examine your breasts. Let me show you - What to look for Where to feel How to feel What a cancer might feel like I NEVER checked mine - I didn’t think I would get #breastcancer. I was wrong. Please share this with anyone who needs to learn

Excellent teamwork yesterday from our Year 4s. Off to the coast today. We can't wait! #Beechwoodyear4 #Happychildren

people often laugh at me when I tell them I have opened wedding DJ sets with the theme tune from Grandstand but I think this video vindicates my position x.com/harryjonesxx/s…

One of the great beauties of parenting/working with young children is getting to experience the world again, for the very first time. Watch this little guy’s moving response to hearing his first violin.

7-y-o asked what a foal was. I said a baby horse. He said he thought baby horses were squirrels. Turns out he’s always believed that squirrels grow into horses.

At the turn of the 20th century, British and Irish shepherds used a special sheep-counting system known as yan-tan-tethera. Here’s a version used in Lincolnshire.

if you're a young person, ask a middle-aged man what music they listened to in the 90s. let them talk for 30 mins. act interested and say "oh wow no way that's so cool." after that you can ask them for any favor

It's not banter It's all about putting women in their place Making women feel uneasy Knowing that they would get away with it Knowing they could if they wanted to